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Colorado GOP caucus seeks to change school gun laws

Disparate training, gun violence in school motivate actions

DATE: Jan 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Man, girlfriend charged in shooting death of 2-year-old boy

DENVER – A former Adams County sheriff’s deputy has been charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son near Fairplay. The Denver Post reported Tuesday that 45-...

DATE: Nov 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

An accidental shooting kills a child every other day

By RYAN J. FOLEY, LARRY FENN and NICK PENZENSTADLER Associated Press and USA TODAY Network Hours earlier, he was a happy 4-year-old who loved Ironman and the Hulk and a...

DATE: Oct 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Colorado children killed, injured in accidental shootings

A child was involved in an accidental shooting in Colorado eight times during a 2½ year span, an Associated Press review found. The AP and the USA TODAY Network analyzed the circu...

DATE: Oct 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Baton Rouge police killer: An ex-Marine from Kansas City

BATON ROUGE, La. – The man who killed two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy in Baton Rouge Sunday was a former Marine sergeant who served in Iraq and had no known ties to any extremist ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Vallecito gun store offers weapons, training

Vallecito gun shop owner takes pride in educating users on laws

DATE: Jul 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Business

Gunman shoots 1 at downtown Denver building; kills self

DENVER – A gunman walked into a busy downtown Denver office building and shot a person multiple times before turning the gun on himself, police said Tuesday. The gunman was found ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Michael Bennet joins U.S. House gun vote protest

Democrats’ sit-in halts business in U.S. House

DATE: Jun 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs

WASHINGTON – A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knott...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dems get gun control votes after filibuster

U.S. Senate candidates won’t talk restrictions; Bennet implores action

DATE: Jun 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango man sentenced for pointing gun at officer

Ian Meier, 21, also fired into neighbor’s house

DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado school district arms security guards with rifles

DENVER – A suburban Denver school district is arming its security staff with military-style semiautomatic rifles in case of a school shooting or other violent attack, a move that appears unp...

DATE: Apr 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News